(Note: This will be my last post until I return from some time off on July 2.)

“I wanted to tell an epic story in an intimate way,” Lorene Scafaria says.

So she set her romance during the final two weeks before the end of the world, then focused on an insurance salesman (Steve Carell) and his neighbor (Keira Knightley), as they try to cap off some unfinished business before everything goes dark.

The result is “Seeking a Friend for the End of the World,” which opens Friday (6/22/12). (More…)